Just from the sections on health effects, it’s very clear that this site promotes the minimalist version of Chernobyl’s impact on health in line with the position of the IAEA and the WHO (which apparently has to secure IAEA approval for its radiation-related health reports).

To promote “safe use” requires some recognition of danger, such as in the case of Chernobyl. But even Chernobyl, this site seems to say, was not so bad.

]]>By: Jun Mizukawahttps://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2011/03/25/welcome/#comment-88341
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:52:44 +0000http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/?p=1052#comment-88341Just thought I’d bring the following link to your attention. It’s a site managed by Japan Atomic Energy Relations Organization. The foundation is responsible for promoting ‘safe use’ of nuclear power in Japan. But if you pay close attention to the rhetoric in the videos and texts regarding the Chernobyl disaster, the contradictions and careful phrasing of the ‘effects’ are bewildering.http://www.jaero.or.jp/data/02topic/cher25/index.html
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